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: any discloses tonight. >> no discloses, tom. >> tom: happy new year. >> to you as well. >> tom: it's our market monitor to end the year, robert stovall, can standard & poors. over the past few weeks, we've looked back at 2010 and ahead to 2011. now, something different for our last take on that. here's another installment of "ink-o-nomics" with david gillette, an award winning illustrator and essayist at twin cities public television. >> okay, here it is, the global economy chugging across the finish line of another year. boy, oh, boy, what a year it's been. so, robert zoellick, president of the world bank, how would you verbally encapsulate 2010? >> uhm, a year of fra jillity. >> fragility. good word choice. i've been trying to fix the walkway outside my house for 18 months but unfortunately my strategic cash reserves have been depleted by other priorities. what is the prognosis? is there more financial flexibility in my future? >> in the developing world, you've already had some pretty strong growth and recovery. >> okay, good to hear. but in all fairness, i'm more concerned about
: any discloses tonight. >> no discloses, tom. >> tom: happy new year. >> to you as well. >> tom: it's our market monitor to end the year, robert stovall, can standard & poors. over the past few weeks, we've looked back at 2010 and ahead to 2011. now, something different for our last take on that. here's another installment of "ink-o-nomics" with david gillette, an award winning illustrator and essayist at twin cities public television. >> okay, here...
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i'm tom hudson. good night everyone, and goodnight to you too, susie. >> susie: good night tom. i'm susie gharib. good night everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> more information about investing is available in "nightly business report's" video "how wall street works". to order this dvd, call 1-800- play-pbs or visit online at shoppbs.org. >> be more. pbs.
i'm tom hudson. good night everyone, and goodnight to you too, susie. >> susie: good night tom. i'm susie gharib. good night everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> more information about investing is available in "nightly...
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they're spending a bit more, but tom, they are still uneasy about the economy. >> tom: that's right, susie. we saw conflicting reports today. retail sales for december rose six-tenths of percent-- the biggest annual gain since 1999. but, a measure of consumer sentiment took a unexpected dip in january. >> susie: so are consumer attitudes changing when it comes to money. suzanne pratt gets some answers. >> reporter: since the great recession americans have gotten a lot more familiar with these little guys. that's because we're saving more, spending less and paying down debt. barbara whitehead, director of the templeton center for thrift and generosity, says our rediscovered frugality is here to stay. >> just even in a cultural way, it's a shift. it's a sort of change of pace. some people say they really enjoy that they slow down a little bit, or that they can be more thoughtful about what they do spend. >> reporter: economists aren't so sure and the data is starting to support their skepticism. the savings rate hovered near 0% in early 2008 after a decade of over-consumption. during t
they're spending a bit more, but tom, they are still uneasy about the economy. >> tom: that's right, susie. we saw conflicting reports today. retail sales for december rose six-tenths of percent-- the biggest annual gain since 1999. but, a measure of consumer sentiment took a unexpected dip in january. >> susie: so are consumer attitudes changing when it comes to money. suzanne pratt gets some answers. >> reporter: since the great recession americans have gotten a lot more...
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i'm tom hudson. good night everyone. and good night to you too, susie. >> susie: good night tom. i'm susie gharib. good night everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
i'm tom hudson. good night everyone. and good night to you too, susie. >> susie: good night tom. i'm susie gharib. good night everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. it's unanimous. federal reserve policymakers were united today in deciding to keep interest rates near 0%. tom, this was the first meeting of the year, and the fed's thinking though is the same: hold rates super low to stimulate the economy. >> tom: susie, the fed is also sticking with its "qe2" strategy-- that's the plan to buy billions of dollars of government bonds. >> susie: but you know if you scrutinize the fed's language in its policy statement, there are some clues about the future direction of interest rates. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: it's not easy being the federal reserve these days. talk up the recent strength in the economy too much, and financial markets will worry a hike in interest rates is coming. say something bad about the rising price of food or gas? same prob
this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. it's unanimous. federal reserve policymakers were united today in deciding to keep interest rates near 0%. tom, this was the first meeting of the year, and the fed's thinking though is the same: hold rates...
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thanks for watching. >> tom: i'm tom hudson, we hope to see you back here tomorrow night. this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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and tom, there's a lot riding on what he tells the american people. >> tom: susie, the president will discuss a wide range of issues, but with all the concerns about jobs, the deficit and the weak housing market, the economy is sure to top the list. >> susie: here's darren gersh with a preview of what to expect. >> reporter: in a youtube preview, the president made it clear obama the pro business centrist will be standing before congress tomorrow night, and the key focus will be restoring american competitiveness. >> to do that, we're going to have to out-innovate, we're going to out-build, we're going to have to out-compete, we're going to have to out-educate other countries. that's our challenge. >> reporter: if that competitiveness agenda sounds familiar, it should. the country has been talking about it, off and on, for more than 20 years. howard rosen began working on competitiveness policy in the early 90s. >> the problem is that competitiveness and these long- term issues need to be addressed consistently over time, not just when we're having these short- term problems. >> repor
and tom, there's a lot riding on what he tells the american people. >> tom: susie, the president will discuss a wide range of issues, but with all the concerns about jobs, the deficit and the weak housing market, the economy is sure to top the list. >> susie: here's darren gersh with a preview of what to expect. >> reporter: in a youtube preview, the president made it clear obama the pro business centrist will be standing before congress tomorrow night, and the key focus will...
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. >> tom: getting your portfolio ready for the new year. you're watching "nightly business report" for monday, january 3. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone, and happy new year. investors kicked off 2011 with a rally. tom, it looks like they're feeling positive about the outlook for the economy this year, and all the major stock averages rose on that optimism. >> tom: susie, stocks surged right from the opening bell this morning, but pulled back a bit by the close. still some decent gains. the dow rose 93 points, the nasdaq added 38 and the s&p 500 was up 14. those gains came on a pickup in trading volume. a billion shares moving on the nyse and nearly two billion on the nasdaq. >> susie: so now what? is this the time to make some new investment moves? suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: it's a new year. it's a ne
. >> tom: getting your portfolio ready for the new year. you're watching "nightly business report" for monday, january 3. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone, and happy new year. investors kicked off 2011 with a rally. tom, it...
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auto industry. >> tom: the combination of the protests in egypt, earnings and >> tom: the combination of the protests in egypt, earnings and the major indices hitting more than two year highs this week. we ended the week with some selling that erased any of the gains earlier in the week. the dow fell 0.4% this week, pushed down by today's selling. the nasdaq saw the biggest drop today, but for the week only lost 0.1%. and the s&p 500 shed 0.6% after briefing touching a 29-month high on thursday. the turmoil and uncertainty in egypt was felt in the broad market with worries about mid- east peace and global trade routes, especially for oil. those worries fed a rally in shippers. we'll start with oil tanker frontline. shares jumped almost 8% on the egypt worries and volume jumped six fold. the stock clearly has been trending lower since may, falling from its high of more than $38. just last week was its most recent low. meantime, energy producer apache fell on heavy volume. trading volume was eight times normal. shares closed down just 1%, but its a six week low. the egyptian connection
auto industry. >> tom: the combination of the protests in egypt, earnings and >> tom: the combination of the protests in egypt, earnings and the major indices hitting more than two year highs this week. we ended the week with some selling that erased any of the gains earlier in the week. the dow fell 0.4% this week, pushed down by today's selling. the nasdaq saw the biggest drop today, but for the week only lost 0.1%. and the s&p 500 shed 0.6% after briefing touching a 29-month...
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. >> tom: what does the new year bring for the company? we ask c.e.o. klaus kleinfeld in our exclusive interview. you're watching "nightly business report" for monday, january 10. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. solid earnings tonight from alcoa and a bullish forecast for this year. the world's largest aluminum company is the first dow component to report quarterly numbers, and tom, analysts are hoping these strong numbers will set a positive tone for the upcoming corporate earnings season. >> tom: susie, the results also beat analyst estimates. excluding special items, alcoa earned 21 cents a share in the fourth quarter-- two cents more than estimates. revenues were in line with expectations-- $5.7 billion. alcoa also said it expects 12% growth this year for aluminum products, and it's calling for global demand to double
. >> tom: what does the new year bring for the company? we ask c.e.o. klaus kleinfeld in our exclusive interview. you're watching "nightly business report" for monday, january 10. this is "nightly business report" with susie gharib and tom hudson. "nightly business report" is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. solid...
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tom cooper directs it on the true life -- tom hooper direct the film. it earned 11 other oscar nominations, including one for best picture. it is. these projects include an award winning -- his other projects include an award winning series on john adams and elizabeth 5. director tom hooper, coming up now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley. with every question and answer, nationwide insurance is happy to help tavis improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: tom hooper is a talented filmmakers previous projects include two mini series for hbo, which combined to win 22 emmys. his latest project is "the king's speech," which received 12 oscar nominations, the most
tom cooper directs it on the true life -- tom hooper direct the film. it earned 11 other oscar nominations, including one for best picture. it is. these projects include an award winning -- his other projects include an award winning series on john adams and elizabeth 5. director tom hooper, coming up now. >> all i know is his name is james, and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better....
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starting you, tom, what do you see ahead? >> unemployment to 11% but falling, and housing continues to be hit, and finally pg&e will face strict new regulations and will be engaged in massive activities to restore its reputation which it very much needs to do. >> we got you on record. josh, what do you predict? >> i think jerry brown is ultimately going to succeed in convincing californians that there has to be some sort of revenue fix for the state budget. i don't think californians are going to have the stomach for the alternative is that he'll show them. so, i would anticipate some select tax increases, not necessarily for the middle-class, but high earners and oil severance tax and things like that. >> rachel, what do you think? >> i think whoever gets the interim mayor's job in san francisco to fill out the last year of gavin newsom's job is going to wonder why they accepted the nomination. i think the budget will be really bad. they'll have to cut a lot of services. say no to a lot of people, and there's going to be a l
starting you, tom, what do you see ahead? >> unemployment to 11% but falling, and housing continues to be hit, and finally pg&e will face strict new regulations and will be engaged in massive activities to restore its reputation which it very much needs to do. >> we got you on record. josh, what do you predict? >> i think jerry brown is ultimately going to succeed in convincing californians that there has to be some sort of revenue fix for the state budget. i don't think...
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(cheers and applause) >> rose: joining me now is tom brokaw. also joining me from north carolina john dr. hope franklin, the esteemed historian. i am pleased to have them as we take this time to celebrate this anniversary of dr. king and look at civil rights and race in america. john hope franklin, tell me where we are in your judgment in terms of the mutual that began with martin. >> the movement extends back to the early part of the 20th century with the founding of certain organizations, particularly the civil rights organization the national association for advancement of colored people. but by the time king came to the scene in the 1950s and '60s, we have turned the corner and we were in another stage of the advancement of the rights of all people in this country. we retire there had for a while between 1950, let's say, and 1968 and the movement took off with a new burst of enthusiasm and energy with the leadership of martin luther king, jr. during this time. >> rose: tom brokaw, you just have completed a two-hour film. tell me what you le
(cheers and applause) >> rose: joining me now is tom brokaw. also joining me from north carolina john dr. hope franklin, the esteemed historian. i am pleased to have them as we take this time to celebrate this anniversary of dr. king and look at civil rights and race in america. john hope franklin, tell me where we are in your judgment in terms of the mutual that began with martin. >> the movement extends back to the early part of the 20th century with the founding of certain...
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. >> rose: ryan also took aim at new england star quarterback tom brady. >> you know, i don't want him to score so i'm going to do whatever i can to keep him out of the end zone. he's going to try to look at me and do what he always does after he wins and sprints off the field and all that. >> rose: joining me is boomer esiason, a former nfl most valuable player, currently an analyst for cbs sports, and cohost of the radio show "boomer and carton. with me from boston, peter king, a senior writer from "sports illustrated," and author of the web column "monday morning quarterback." i am pleased to have both of them on this program at this time. welcome. >> good to see you, charlie, thank you for having me again. >> rose: peter, how are you? >> great, thank you. >> rose: we all seem to be very excited about the patriots and jets. let's just start there. >> well, i mean, charlie, i think that the last time they played, it was on a cold night in foxborough. it's going to be the same thing this sunday. tom brady basically wiped the floor with the jets, and, you know, mark sanchez is-- as he
. >> rose: ryan also took aim at new england star quarterback tom brady. >> you know, i don't want him to score so i'm going to do whatever i can to keep him out of the end zone. he's going to try to look at me and do what he always does after he wins and sprints off the field and all that. >> rose: joining me is boomer esiason, a former nfl most valuable player, currently an analyst for cbs sports, and cohost of the radio show "boomer and carton. with me from boston,...
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my colleague tom hudson is off tonight. another business-friendly announcement from the white house today. president obama named general electric's c.e.o. to head up a new jobs council and also made him his chief outside economic advisor. speaking at a g.e. plant in schnectady new york, the president said he chose jeff immelt because he can find new ways to promote private sector hiring. >> the past two years were about pulling our economy back from the brink. the next two years, our job now, is putting our economy into overdrive. >> susie: immelt's appointment came just hours after g.e. reported better than expected quarterly numbers and a big jump in new orders. g.e. earned 36 cents a share, four cents more than analyst estimates. that's a gain of 33% compared to a year ago. looking ahead, immelt said he expects earnings growth will continue this year and next. so what does g.e.'s positive forecast mean for the u.s. economy. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: g.e. has long been considered a bellwether for the u.s. econom
my colleague tom hudson is off tonight. another business-friendly announcement from the white house today. president obama named general electric's c.e.o. to head up a new jobs council and also made him his chief outside economic advisor. speaking at a g.e. plant in schnectady new york, the president said he chose jeff immelt because he can find new ways to promote private sector hiring. >> the past two years were about pulling our economy back from the brink. the next two years, our job...
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one of the pushers of that effort is senator tom udall democrat of new mexico. one of those opposed is senator lamar alexander of tennessee a member of the senate republican leadership. senator udall, what is wrong with filibusters now that needs to be fixed? >> well, jim, i think the first place to start is what's wrong with the senate. and what worries me the most is last year we didn't do a budget. we didn't do a single appropriations bill. we did only one authorization so we're not doing the oversight of the agencies themselves. 400 bills were sent over from the house of representatives on many important subjects. we didn't deal with them at all. and all of that was the result, i believe, of kind of a constant filibuster. >> lehrer: do you agree with that? >> no, i don't agree with that, jim. here's what happens. senator reed, the majority leader, brings up the health care law. i go down and say i'd like to amend it. more than the last six majority leaders put together he says no, lamar, you can't. i object. he calls that a filibuster. i call that keeping me
one of the pushers of that effort is senator tom udall democrat of new mexico. one of those opposed is senator lamar alexander of tennessee a member of the senate republican leadership. senator udall, what is wrong with filibusters now that needs to be fixed? >> well, jim, i think the first place to start is what's wrong with the senate. and what worries me the most is last year we didn't do a budget. we didn't do a single appropriations bill. we did only one authorization so we're not...
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he is now shaking hands with tom coburn, senator coburn of oklahoma. now, of course, the big deal here... there is secretary clinton laughing with secretary gates and secretary geithner. there on the right is senator sessions. my guess is they're laughing about the idea that they've got all... many of these members of the house and senate have dates more or less tonight. they've gone with this idea of in the old days up until tonight big sessions of congress like this, all the democrats sat together. all the republicans sat together. but they decided at the suggestion of senator come udall, democrat, to... mark udall. tom is the guy who is working to fix the filibusters and mark udall his cousin is the man who suggested this... that everybody sit with another member of his or her party. there is secretary sebelius. secretary donovan. helping me all evening are shields and gerson that's sind i caned columnist mark shields and "washington post" columnist michael gerson. there we just saw the supreme court. a quick shot of the supreme court. i haven't had
he is now shaking hands with tom coburn, senator coburn of oklahoma. now, of course, the big deal here... there is secretary clinton laughing with secretary gates and secretary geithner. there on the right is senator sessions. my guess is they're laughing about the idea that they've got all... many of these members of the house and senate have dates more or less tonight. they've gone with this idea of in the old days up until tonight big sessions of congress like this, all the democrats sat...
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tom vacar, ktvu news. rachel gordon, city hall reporter with the "san francisco chronicle." and wyatt buchanan, sacramento bureau reporter, also with "the chronicle." and josh richman, legal call affairs reporter with "the oakland tribune." how is california so far ahead of other states in implementing president obama's health care bill? >> we had a governor, former republican governor, who was very supportive of it. even before this new administration came to power, california was kind of ahead of the curve on this. former governor schwarzenegger signed legislation authorizing a -- the creation of a health care exchange, which is basically a state-run marketplace where unemployed californians will be able to get insurance. he appointed two relatively moderate people to it who are very likely to want to stay the course with the law as it was enacted. we actually got a little bit ahead of the curve even further yet by cracking down on insurance companies that didn't react well to the immediate mandate that they not deny insurance to children with preexisting conditions. we ba
tom vacar, ktvu news. rachel gordon, city hall reporter with the "san francisco chronicle." and wyatt buchanan, sacramento bureau reporter, also with "the chronicle." and josh richman, legal call affairs reporter with "the oakland tribune." how is california so far ahead of other states in implementing president obama's health care bill? >> we had a governor, former republican governor, who was very supportive of it. even before this new administration came...